That didn't stop her from ambush-interviewing me on behalf of Karl Rove and the Republican propaganda machine, who were looking for an academic whipping-boy to discourage professors from expressing 9/11 skepticism. At the time, Jessica's husband, District Attorney Paul Bucher, was running for State Attorney General, and the Republicans wanted to make political points by bashing the University. This was my first-ever mainstream radio interview on the topic of 9/11 truth:

The interview made me famous. The next morning, Steve Nass issued a press release calling for me to be fired from my teaching job at the University of Wisconsin-Madison due to comments I'd made on Jessica's show. A few days later I was on Hannity and Colmes.

After our interview, Jessica said I should be fired for saying inflammatory, outrageous things on the radio. The following year, she was fired from WTMJ for saying inflammatory, outrageous (racist) things on the radio.